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there's net-negative and there's net-positive

am i a fan of hydrocarbons' hold on our society and economy?  heck no.  but i recognize that one can't take a 100+ year old infrastructure and simply discard it in favor of another infrastructure that's going to be 10 years in the making.  we can't ignore the fact that it's been FOREIGN oil's hold on our way of life for the past 30 years that's driven us blindly into deals with middle-eastern undesirables, killed or wounded our most susceptible youth once they're recruited into the armed forces, caused us to ignore our core beliefs as americans (torture? aggressive wars?).  the more petroleum is produced here in the u.s., accompanied by new-infrastructure initiatives such as the ones in this bill, the more we weaken the hold that foreign-produced oil has on our lives...and the more likely it will be that we can rebuild any high ground that we've lost. On New House bill combines drilling with tax extensions for renewables posted 1 year, 3 months ago 6 Responses